Ross Kemp has defended his new documentary about NHS staff on the front line fighting coronavirus, after he was criticised for going into a hospital where dying patients are separated from their loved ones.
The former soap star, who was also photographed wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), said he wanted to tell the story of what is going on in Milton Keynes hospital to help the public.
He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain it was “understandable” that families were upset that he was going into the hospital while they were being kept away from their loved ones.
He added: “They are being separated for the reason the NHS don’t want to spread the virus any further than they can possibly help it. “We were only in for a very short period